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. 2017 Jun 23;19(6):e230. doi: 10.2196/jmir.7209

Table 1.

General study and intervention details of smoking cessation interventions in the scientific literature (n=6).

Intervention Target population Brief description
Quit Smoking 2.0 [33] Smokers (≥18 years, smoker of cigarettes and/or loose-cut tobacco and intending to quit within a year or sooner) One 7-to-9 page computer-tailored email letter, based on I-Change Model, addressing motivational and postmotivational factors.
Stay Quit For You (SQ4U) [34,35] Smokers 18-65 years, smoked daily, willing to set a quit date within 1 month, and motivated to quit smoking The action planning (AP) program provided tailored feedback at baseline and invited respondents to do 6 preparatory and coping planning assignments (the first 3 assignments prior to quit date and the final 3 assignments after quit date). The action planning plus (AP+) program was an extended version of the AP program that also provided tailored feedback at 11 time points after the quit attempt.
Personal Advice in Stopping smoking (PAS) [22,36] Smokers (Dutch adults) with intention to stop smoking within 6 months A Web-based computer-tailored smoking cessation intervention with 4 sessions, based on I-Change Model.
Smoke Alerta [37] Nonsmoker or former smoker; 10 and 20 years; having computer/Internet literacy; having sufficient command of Dutch; no previous exposure to the earlier version of Smoke Alert Web-based computer-tailored smoking prevention and cessation intervention for adolescents. Based on an intervention shown to be effective [33]. Website intervention providing one-time feedback after filling in a questionnaire.
Support to Quit (STQ) [38-41] Smokers motivated to stop smoking and aged 18 years Web-based text and a Web-based video-driven computer-tailored approach for low and high SES smokers, this incorporates 3 to 6 computer-tailored feedback moments with the aim to support smoking cessation.
Attentional Bias Modification (ABM)a [32] Smokers aged 18-65 years, reporting smoking on a daily basis for at least 1 year and not having made a quit attempt yet Online 6 sessions of ABM training with the aim to reduce attentional bias and induce more distant generalization effects regarding approach bias and success in quitting.

a Currently available on the Internet.